From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 05:37:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 05:37:20 -0400 Received: from cp912944-a.mtgmry1.md.home.com ([24.18.149.178]:33425 "EHLO zalem.puupuu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 05:36:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 05:36:20 -0400 From: Olivier Galibert To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.4-ac14 Message-ID: <20010523053620.C7114@zalem.puupuu.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20677.990608858@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20677.990608858@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com>; from kaos@ocs.com.au on Wed, May 23, 2001 at 07:07:38PM +1000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 07:07:38PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote: > On Wed, 23 May 2001 09:17:08 +0200 (CEST), > Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >On Wed, 23 May 2001, Keith Owens wrote: > >> Is drivers/char/ser_a2232fw.ax supposed to be included? Nothing uses it. > > > >It's the source for the firmware hexdump in ser_a2232fw.h, provided as a > >reference. > > What is the point of including it in the kernel source tree without the > code to convert it to ser_a2232fw.h? Nobody can use ser_a2232fw.ax, it > is just bloat. We don't provide the binutils or gcc with the kernel either. The 6502 is a rather well known processor. Try plonking "6502 assembler" in google and you'll have a lot of choice. Having the source with the .h helps doing this little thing called debugging. OG, who hates acenic_firmware.h for that exact same reason.